…24 July 25 • 2019 jn jews d in the Student Startup Seaholm High School student starts waffl e company and helps support local business. B ubble waffles have become an international street-food craze, and now you can get them right down the street at the Birmingham Farmers Market thanks to Valarie Sherr of West Bloomfield, where she lives with her parents, Andrea and Roger Sherr. They attend Temple Israel. Sherr, 15, is a studen...…
…July 25 • 2019 25 jn JN BRING THIS AD FOR $2 OFF ONE ADMISSION Lee Burstein, Mixed Media www.hotworks.org Facebook.com/HotWorksArtShows Instagram @HotWorksArtShows 17th Annual HotWorks.org July 27 & 28, 2019 West Bloomfield, Michigan Orchard Lake Fine Art Show ® Juried Fine Art & Fine Craft Show – All Art is Original & Personally Handmade Voted Top 100 Art Shows in America Event Hours Saturday, 10am-6pm & Sunday 10am-5pm – $5 Admissio...…
…26 July 25 • 2019 jn L iving to age 95 is quite a feat, but Mary Blitz is doing it with good health and a zest for life that few can match. Months before her 95th birthday on June 6, daughter Beverly Tepper Wallace of West Bloomfield asked her mother if she wanted a party to celebrate. Blitz said, “No, I want to see the U.S.A. in my Chevrolet.” Wallace was surprised but agreeable, responding “OK, Dinah Shore.” (Singer Dinah Sho...…
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…28 July 25 • 2019 jn LOUIS FINKELMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER S unny Segal has been performing and dancing since age 7. She has been teaching Israeli dance in Metro Detroit and leading the Israeli Dancers group since shortly after she moved here 60 years ago. When she decided to retire, her students gave her an 80th birthday and retirement party, inviting participants from all past decades of the group. Twenty-six current and past danc-...…
…Dry skin and hair? It could be your water. Why does your hair feel dry after a shower? And your complexion look less than radiant? It could be your water. Hard water has been shown to decrease the skin barrier’s ability to function effectively leading to blemishes and premature aging. But by removing the harsh chemicals and impurities from your water, you can… Improve skin and have a brighter, clearer complexion Reduce dryness Decrea...…
…30 July 25 • 2019 jn jews d in the ORT Brings to Life Israeli Innovation at Jewish Summer Camps This summer, ORT once again is introducing campers at six Jewish summer camps in the U.S. to the vibrancy of Israeli innovation. More than 700 campers between the ages of 9-13 will take part in ORT’ s Start-up Challenge, which includes interactive educational activities focused on science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM)...…
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…32 July 25 • 2019 jn We Need to Talk … and Listen, Too Federation launches podcast as latest channel of communication in youth mental health program. T he power of talking about mental health … just think about how often it starts with a single con- versation: between parents and their children, between teens and their peers, between teachers and health profession- als. Think about having those conver- sations; stop and listen; see h...…
…July 25 • 2019 33 jn Now Open In Midtown Detroit Advance Plumbing & Heating Supply Company, established in 1920, is proud to announce the opening of its newest showroom. The new showroom is located in the heart of the cultural district, Midtown Detroit. The new 5,000 Sq. ft. showroom features the first ever Decorative Plumbing & Lighting Showroom in the City of Detroit. With the City’ s comeback in full swing and Detroit being...…
…34 July 25 • 2019 jn You do not want to mess with Jon Pritikin. For one thing, he can bend a solid metal pan with his bare hands. The Guinness Book of World Records holder demonstrated some of his feats of strength during a motivational talk May 28 at Friendship Circle’ s Friendship House in West Bloomfield. Pritikin, who is Jewish, also shared his personal story of overcoming ruth- less bullying and poor self esteem. Despite struggling wi...…
…Space i s l i mi ted. Ki ndl y RSVP by August 2. 248-975-7716 FRIDAY, AUGUST 9 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. art WITH A heart Gala At The Sheridan we bel i eve i n the power of art and i ts abi l i ty to change l i ves. Whether i t i s an art cl ass, a book cl ub, the poetry group or musi c and danci ng, every day we cel ebrate the l i ves of our resi dents. Pl ease joi n us for our benefi t ...…
…moments SUZY FARBMAN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS Love, Devotion & Tenacity A new lung lets Loretta and Sy Ziegelman celebrate their 60th anniversary and beyond. G enerations of Detroit women revere Dr. Sy Ziegelman, an OB/GYN for more 40 years. Along with active careers, Sy and Loretta, a retired social worker, raised three children. They led, Sy says, “ful- filling and exciting lives.” In November 2008, this fun-loving couple vacati...…
…July 25 • 2019 37 jn thought she’ d do well. Sy says, “I don’ t have an appropriate vocabulary. She was alive! She was alive!” The next weeks and months were challenging. Loretta met her “lung sister” — Sandy from Muskegon received the left lung of the same donor. Loretta suffered side effects from a series of drugs. She was encouraged to exercise. At the end of April, Loretta did what any self-respecting girl given a new lease on l...…
…38 July 25 • 2019 jn moments JULY 3, 2019 Kimberly and Nick Barbieri of Troy are thrilled to announce the birth of their son, Chase Alan. Proud big sister is Charlotte Aviah. Excited grandparents are Helaine (Stern) Simons of Oak Park, Bill Simons of Farmington, Shelley Barbieri of Farmington Hills, and Keith and Kendall Barbieri of Royal Oak. Chase is the great-grandson of Ruth Stern of Oak Park and the late Kenneth Stern, Fra...…
…July 25 • 2019 39 jn eretz T his year marked the 11th time an Oakland University student group traveled to Israel for a summer archaeological study abroad program, but this may have been the most histori- cally significant. Some of the excavation team’ s findings included stone and metal vessels, food bowls, jugs and jars of pottery, animal bones, weapons and parts of building structures. That, along with other evi- dence gathered ...…
…40 July 25 • 2019 jn T his week’ s Torah portion con- tains an especially challenging episode, one which produces a call to arms against the onset of an indecent and cor- rupt era. The episode occurs when the Israelite soldiers consort with Midianite women and a plague breaks out. At the climax, the Midianite prin- cess, Cozbi, and the Israelite soldier, Zimri, publicly go to copulate inside the taberna- cle. Moses, our leader, hes...…
…July 25 • 2019 41 jn Maybe you have a parent or grandparent who is no longer using their car. Or maybe you’ve made the difficult decision to stop driving yourself. Not sure what to do with the car? Jewish Family Service is now partnering with CARS (Charitable Adult Rides & Services) in order for community members to donate their unused cars (trucks, boats and motorcycles, too) to the agency. Participation is simple. CARS will s...…
…42 July 25 • 2019 jn SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER Summer Hit? The Farewell explores family love and loss, bringing local producer to a beautiful story. E ddie Rubin didn’ t have to move to Hollywood to become a film pro- ducer. He is managing that career out of a home office in West Bloomfield, albeit with lots of travel. His latest project, The Farewell, took him to China, where he experienced cul- tural elements different ...…
…July 25 • 2019 43 jn SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER Third Career Ziskin’ s colorful glass art brings joy. V iewers of Bonnie Ziskin’ s sculptural artwork can sense she’ s happy. Her projects — whimsical glass faces, mixed media abstractions and glass tableware — express a bright mood through both color and design. Ziskin, 71, first expressed her artistic instincts last year, after home projects expanded into art fair displa...…
…44 July 25 • 2019 jn celebrity jews arts&life RED SEA DIVING PROJECT The Red Sea Diving Project, an orig- inal Netflix film, begins streaming on July 31. This dramatic film recounts the true efforts of the Israeli secret service, the Mossad, to rescue thou- sands of Ethiopian Jews in 1981. Many of them were hidden in a Sudan resort (near the Red Sea) before being transported to Israel. The film was direct- ed and written by Israeli ...…
…July 25 • 2019 45 jn FRIDAY, JULY 26 BIM BOM BABY 10-11 am, July 26. At Temple Shir Shalom. A program for babies through 4-year-olds with a special adult. Moms, dads, aunts, uncles, grandparents and nannies come to celebrate Shabbat with the rabbis, braid challah, sing songs with the cantor and make new friends. RSVP: 248-406-4255. SUNDAY, JULY 28 SOUL FLOW Noon-2 pm, July 28. The Collective at True North, 4699 16th St., #8, Detroit...…
…46 July 25 • 2019 jn W hen Mary Sue Schottenfels’ husband Ken Knoppow was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2010, it was not only difficult for him, but she also found herself facing emotions of fright and isolation. “I think the biggest challenge is bal- ancing a full-time job and giving him support, ” she said. “It’ s the stress of not knowing what the future holds. ” Schottenfels, 69, works as executive director of CLEARCorps, a ...…
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…48 July 25 • 2019 jn health | Israel’ s role Artifi cially Made Womb Might Help Grow Embryos A team of bioengineers and gynecologists at Tel Aviv University say that by bio- engineering cells, they have created a model of the human uterine wall where they hope embryos will be able to attach and grow. The discovery would be a step toward growing embryos in an artificially made biological womb model, the researchers said. If implantation ...…
…July 25 • 2019 49 jn A Sensory Toolbox Teacher wins grant to help kids with special needs. E arlier this year, early childcare educator Caryn Finkelstein of Farmington won not her first, but her second grant from the Terri Lynne Lokoff Child Care Foundation. Finkelstein, who has degrees in child development and teaching from Michigan State University and University of Michigan Dearborn, has been an early childhood professional fo...…
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…52 July 25 • 2019 jn 52 July 25 • 2019 jn SIMON BINKE, 87, of Bloomfield Hills, died July 13, 2019. One of the young- est survivors of the Holocaust, he came to the United States in 1950. He was an active participant with the West Bloomfield Jewish Community Center. Mr. Binke is survived by his wife of 62 years, Celia Binke; children, Brian and Ellen Binke of Orchard Lake, Sherrie and Craig Glicken of Chicago, Ill., Dale and Lau...…
…July 25 • 2019 53 jn Holocaust Survivors Assn. in Michigan, P .O. Box 339614, Farmington Hills, MI 48334; Alzheimer’ s Association, 25200 Telegraph Road, Suite 100, Southfield, MI 48033; or David Horodoker Organization, c/o Linda Friedman, 6971 Woodside Trail, West Bloomfield, MI 48322. Interment was held at Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. PAULINE FINE, 89, of Farmington Hills, died...…
…54 July 25 • 2019 jn continued from page 53 soul of blessed memory manufacturing rep before founding J Fink & Co. He was president of the Royalwood Co-op Board and a vol- unteer for many years at the Oak Park Senior Center. Mr. Fink is survived by his sister, Beatrice Fink Daniel of Virginia; and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. Interment was at Great Lakes National Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the Jewi...…
…July 25 • 2019 55 jn continued on page 56 BERNICE HOLLANDER, 90, of West Bloomfield, died July 14, 2019. Beyond her fami- ly, Bernice Hollander touched the lives of many children and their parents in her role as an exemplary kindergarten teacher. For 30 years, she strived for excellence as an educator at Schoenhals Elementary School in Southfield. During her retirement years, she continued to help others through her volunteerism...…
…56 July 25 • 2019 jn continued from page 55 soul kids and a toddler in seven countries. Dr. Segal was a Michigan Wolverine fan and football season ticket holder. He was also a member of Congregation Shaarey Zedek. Dr. Segal was the dear father of Richard Segal, Bruce (Terry) Segal, Robert Segal and Abby Segal; loving grandfather of Jessica Segal, Michael (Rebecca) Segal, Daniel Segal and Aliyah Segal; adoring great-grandfather of ...…
…July 25 • 2019 57 jn raskin the best of everything Danny Raskin Senior Columnist If Walls Could Talk A lthough the closing of Ginopolis’ Bar-B-Q Smokehouse on 12 Mile, Farmington Hills, will occur at the end of July, the family name will live on in continued glory with it being operated by Peter Ginopolis and his family … as Ginopolis’ Smoke N Pit BBQ on West Main Street in downtown Brighton. When Johnny and brother, Peter, pre- v...…
…58 July 25 • 2019 jn T his year marks the 100th anniversary of a Jewish Detroit business that you may know. Perhaps, on your way to work today, you may have passed by one of its developments, City Club Apartments. Or maybe you live in one? Although the name has evolved over the years, City Club Apartments is celebrat- ing 100 years in the real estate business. History tells us it is a rare company that lasts a century. The roots of ...…
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…4 April 25 • 2019 jn A Texas native, Joe Buchanan makes feel-good, toe-tapping Americana with Jewish soul. Joe has toured the country giving concerts and workshops, and we are excited to bring him to Michigan for of Texas musicians. ADMISSION IS FREE OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY! Questions? Contact Maya at 248-661-5700 or maya@temple-israel.org The Laker Concert is sponsored in loving memory of Sarah & Harry Laker Thursdays 1 pm - 4 ...…
…April 25 • 2019 5 jn H appy You Chinese Restaurant speaks for itself. It is whole, sound and, like Clark’ s Wallabees or Total Eclipse of the Heart, cannot be improved upon. If it were a product of this era, it would be hap- pYou and it would promise some indus- try-disrupting life hack that would end up just being quinoa paste and a Magic Eye poster. Happily for me, Alex and So Chu decided to open a restaurant in the waning days...…
…6 April 25 • 2019 jn The Jewish News aspires to communicate news and opinion that’ s useful, engaging, enjoyable and unique. It strives to refl ect the full range of diverse viewpoints while also advocating positions that strengthen Jewish unity and continuity. We desire to create and maintain a challenging, caring, enjoyable work environment that encourages creativity and innovation. We acknowledge our role as a responsible, responsive ...…
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…8 April 25 • 2019 jn letters views T hroughout life, change is inevitable. Sometimes change comes smoothly and naturally, and other times change comes with various challenges. Some changes are positive, some are negative, and others are neutral. Life is all about changes because that’ s how we grow. Can you imagine if we never changed from the day we were born? We’ d all be infants! Change can be hard, but nothing is harder than...…
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